vegetation table

Submitted by mariusz.pagowski on Mon, 02/15/2021 - 19:36
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Hello,

what kinds of vegetation stand for numbers in the vegetation table used by GFS/FV3 (16 types), thanks

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Submitted by Linlin.Pan on Tue, 02/16/2021 - 15:43

I think IGBP classification is used. The table is given at page 6:

https://unstats.un.org/unsd/envaccounting/ceea/meetings/twelfth_meeting/UNCEEA_FAO_LandCover.pdf

Thanks,

Linlin

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Submitted by mariusz.pagowski on Tue, 02/16/2021 - 16:23

Thanks Linlin, it looks like the IGBP-MODIS is the correct table for FV3GFS. I found a presentation confirming that at

https://vlab.ncep.noaa.gov/documents/2381028/4283918/11-JesseMeng-2018-06-14-fv3-land.pdf/33d3d300-6106-85b3-5ef4-652fa5c79918

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